The '''Hokie Passport''' is the official student, faculty and staff identification at Virginia Tech. Its human readable features are the name, ID number, photo and birthday of the owner. Its machine readable features include a barcode and a magnetic stripe. Hokie Passports can be used like debit cards at dining halls and other venues, debiting a [[Dining Dollars]], [[Flex Additions]] or Hokie Passport account. Hokie Passports are used to as identification, for checking materials out or admission, at places like the libraries, the [[Math Emporium]], and dormitories.<ref>{{cite news| title = Hokie Passport| url = https://www.hokieprivacy.org/id/| work = Hokie Privacy| accessdate = 7 October 2015}}</ref> 

Hokie Passport authentication is controlled by a CBORD CS Gold system, and can be used for dining, printing, laundry, vending, and building access, among other things. Tracks 1 and 3 of the magnetic strip are unused. Track 2 contains two fields, separated by "=". The first field contains the 9-digit, ASCIIBCD-encoded student ID number. The second field is 8 bytes and may store student/faculty/staff status 4 BCD digits and stores a serial "lost card" numberwhich starts at 0 and is used to deactivate lost or stolen cards, and the school code; the school code for Virginia Tech is 249. The thin stripe near the middle is was formerly used by the copiers on the fourth floor of [[Newman Library]], but newer copiers use Hokie Passport funds. ==References==<references/>